Dr. Ellis Installs the West African Medical Center Leaders in New Jersey, USA
The West African Medical Center (WAMC), an NGO under the Global Health Foundation in the United States that will make a difference in Sierra Leone and the West African region is sensitizing Sierra Leoneans locally and globally to rise up to the needs of our people in the health sector. Dr. Sidikie Bangura, a trained surgeon specialist and Dr. Augustine A. Kamara a pediatrician are the backbone of this worthwhile cause. (Photo: Dr. Sidikie Bangura, Director of WAMC Sierra Leone Operations)
In his opening remarks, Dr. Sidikie Bangura, Program Director for Sierra Leone Operations and a surgeon specialist welcomed guests in the presentation and mini-fundraising of the West African Medical Center. He said the idea of establishing the West African Medical Center in Sierra Leone comes out of the medical needs of Sierra Leoneans and West Africans. He stressed that as a Medical Doctor who had worked in various regions in Sierra Leone is aware of the medical needs of our people. Therefore, he is calling on all Sierra Leoneans in the medical profession to make the dreams of the West African Medical Center a success.
- Dr. Kamara, Assistant Director, WAMC Sierra Leone Operations
Speaking on the importance of health, Dr. Augustine A. Kamara (Kamara Will), Assistant Program Director for Sierra Leone Operations, a pediatrician said as the pace of social change quickens, children are faced with new social and environmental risks to their growth and development. Of these changes, childhood poverty poses the greatest threat to children’s well-being. One in four Sierra Leonean children under the age of 3 years lives in poverty; a higher percentage of children live in poverty than any other age group. As a pediatrician he knows that children in poverty experience a double jeopardy. First, they are more frequently exposed to risks to their health and development (such as, malnutrition, and family dysfunction). Secondly, children suffer more negative consequences (such as developmental delay and school dysfunction) from such exposure than do children with more advantaged socio-economic circumstances. Therefore, Dr. Kamara advised that it is high time Sierra Leoneans embraced a project that will foster development in the health sector and alleviate the financial burden of our people.
- Dr. Ellis installing Dr. and Mrs. David Kargbo of Mullica Hill, NJ
Dr. Ellis an American and Program Director of the West African Medical Center installed Dr. and Mrs. David Kargbo of Mullica Hill, New Jersey as leaders of the West African Medical Center. He empowered them to coordinate and administer the affairs of the organization. Dr. Ellis told Dr. and Mrs. David Kargbo that the West African Medical Center is a project that is non-political, non-sectarian and non-regional, geared towards meeting the medical needs of Sierra Leone and West Africa; it is therefore incumbent upon all Sierra Leoneans and West Africans to embrace this worthwhile cause.
The West African Medical Center, an idea borne out of the ingenuity of Dr. Sidikie Bangura a surgeon specialist and a humanitarian who had witnessed the declining health sector in Sierra Leone believes that establishing a medical center in Sierra Leone that will encourage specialized doctors, medical practitioners and other paramedics will alleviate the financial burden of Sierra Leoneans and West Africans of sending patients abroad for treatment.
Partial audience of the program
Accepting the leadership positions in New Jersey., Dr. David Kargbo an Environmental specialist and professor expressed thanks and appreciation for their preferment as leaders representing the West African Medical Center in New Jersey. He stressed that it is high time Sierra Leoneans wake up from slumber and contribute to the development of the country because as Sierra Leoneans the responsibility of developing the country is imbedded in us to realize the success of the country. In addition to Dr. David Kargbo’s comment, his wife Salamatu Kargbo (BSN, RN) expressed her enthusiasm for the confidence repose in them to be leaders of the West African Medical Center in New Jersey, she lamented that if good medical facilities were in Sierra Leone, she wouldn’t have lost her 21-year son who died of minor medical complications. She said, “she is enthused and honored to be part of an altruistic organization like the West African Medical Center. “
Giving the vote of thanks was Ambassador Modu Sesay. He emotionally expressed his thanks and appreciation to attendees for honoring the invitation of the West African Medical Center. He said what the West African Medical Center is about to implement in Sierra Leone is for the wellbeing of Sierra Leoneans. He narrated an incident where he would have lost his life in Sierra Leone if it was not for divine providence. He appealed to all Sierra Leoneans to seize this opportunity and support the West African Medical Center because it is a project that will help all citizens and brings employment to the nation.
In the closing remarks, Kadi Koroma (BSN, RN), PRO for the West African Medical Center expressed enthusiasm about what the organization is implementing in Sierra Leone. She called on all Sierra Leoneans and West Africans to give unflinching support for the realization of the project and prays that the dreams and aspiration of the West African Medical Center becomes a reality.
Written by Joseph S. Sherman, Washington, DC
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